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Well if you're already into Brel... I can confidently give you Brassens. I consider him to have been the greatest poet. It's difficult to convey just how beautifully he told mundane things (les copains d'abord, l'orage...), how he made life and death sweet (le testament, la prière...), how he brought the humblest people under the limelight (la complainte des filles de joie, l'auvergnat...), and elevated already beautiful works of poetry (Paul Fort, Victor Hugo) into musical classics (Gastibelza, le petit cheval...).
I listened to those Brassens tracks you recommended. I quite liked them. I must confess I don't speak any French but I enjoyed them. "Les copains d'abord" was probably my favorite of the four. I looked up the translation, It's a sweet song. Thanks for the recommendation!
I'm glad, les copains d'abord is perhaps his biggest classic. Have a good one 🎵